Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-08
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Robert G. Hall, the man who n,-
Mrs. Lillian Rivers and attempted usi.d \
by cutting his throat, was 40 suicide
proved yesterday, that physiciansa In
there is q chance of his recovery 9 "a!
gallows may yet claim him for it's own vu th'
The Transcontinental roajs bo.1
| duced the rate on potatoes from San = re-
| cisco to Chicago and the Mississinn; tpi;aa'
| points to eighty cents per hundred pou uaSef
q drop OF twenty cents. N~s,
o. P. McMains ia traversinp the c,n
about the Maxwell grant in New Wsuui1f!
and urging the people to arm and res; st TO-
encroachments. Trouble is anticinatssS No
W. Stewart Symington and Thoma.
Symington. proprietors OF the Pata~.aA'
| Chemical Works, made an assignment
Baltimore Tuesday. The bond of the 10y
tee is $500, 900.
President Lorenza Vega thinks that y.
sentence of the court in the case Of thu
three Mexican officials for crossing tI ~
border will be carried out. The pepalts
for the offense is death.
The Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy Raj,
road Company have determined to reduc.
their rates between st. Louis, CounS;,
Bluffs and Omaha on account OF the Inter
State commerce INV.
Dogberry Oliver, OF the District OF Co]um.
bia, who was bounced from the Office a,
Justice OF the peace in Washington. hss
written q letter to the President denyin.
his right to fire him.
Judge Hilton denies that Prescott Hall
Butler. complainant in case against tn,
Stewart estate. are akiB to tho late lament.
ed Alexander T.
Russia has forbidden that the Chinese
shall acquire land in towns on the Pacific
coast. They will only be allo we'd to leass
estates outside of the towns.
The cotton spinners and operatives hav.
called q meeting at Manchester to devise
means to counterfeit the effects OF the Liv.
erpool cUner in cotton.
Lincoln's old Acknowledgement James s,
Speed, OF Louisville, is dangerously ill at
that city. He 10 on the verge of eighty
years Of age.
Emperor William laid the corner ston.
of the lock for the North Sea canal amid
great pomp and ceremony yesterday.
Italy wants more money for the cam
paien in Africa which the Chambers is in
clined to vote.
The German press is consoling the coun
try for the recent outbreak OF the war spirit
in France by claiming a closer a~lliancs
with Russia.
The official physicians say that the
throat disease OF the Crown Prince OF Ger.
many will yield to treatment.
The Mexican authorities are working in
harmony to break up the bandits that in
fest that fair land OF cactus and pulque.
Mary Maud Watson secures a fifth inter
est in the Anderson will in New York by thu
verdict of the jury.
The bank statement in New York for thu
week shows a reserve decrease OF over one
million dollars.
James Hope. a California Jail bird. ha,
just arrived in Auburn, N. Y, where is t.
serve a term for Jail breaking.
Editor O'Brien was made the recipien
of a memorial from Tarnany Fl all, e1
pressing contempt for Lord Lansdowne.
Frederick L. Ames was the principal wit
ness in the Pacific investigation vesterda,
and he went over the same old story.
Postmaster General Villas says he know
nothing of the Presidents plans Tor q
transcontinental tour.
Lord Randolph Churchill received an
ovation from the Wolverhampton Work.
ingmen's Club last night.